In Head-to-Head points, pitching is still paramount. We've sobered up from last year's stupor, when a confluence of unsustainable factors led us to believe that pitching was all that mattered anymore and inflation was out of control. For goodness' sake, Gerrit Cole and Jacob deGrom both went for more than $60 in last year's salary cap draft (otherwise known as an auction). Only one (Cole) went for even $50 this time around.
But the bids on starting pitchers still weren't in proportion with what you'd expect from, say, a snake draft. A few examples from select teams:
- Justin Verlander ($31) went for more than Luis Robert ($26).
- Aaron Nola ($35) went for more than Rafael Devers ($33).
- Max Fried ($32) went for more than Teoscar Hernandez ($22).
- Jose Berrios ($32) went for more than Marcus Semien ($25).
- Charlie Morton ($30) and Frankie Montas ($28) went for more than Xander Bogaerts ($23).
By the context of a snake draft, these players went "out of order" -- sometimes significantly so. But salary cap drafts, which allow you to be "in" on every player instead of waiting your turn, serve as a truth serum of sorts, revealing exactly what it is we all prioritize and to what extent. And when push came to shove, few of us were willing to shortchange starting pitching.
There were some who zigged while the rest of us zagged. Chris Towers stands out for his three most expensive players all being hitters, and they're legitimate studs (Mike Trout, Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts) for comparatively reasonable prices ($41, $38 and $36). Nathan Judah spent a combined $107 on the two hitters, Vladimir Guerrero and Juan Soto, who profile to be the best in this scoring format, yet he still somehow came away with a pitching trio of Brandon Woodruff ($39), Freddy Peralta ($24) and Logan Webb ($23) (the latter two being among the best values at the position). It's a feat to behold, really.
Granted, the rest of his roster comes in short, but the shallower the league (and only 252 players are rostered in this one), the more sense it makes to adopt a stars-and-scrubs approach, recognizing that there's a robust waiver wire to patch any holes. The initial draft is your one chance to secure legitimate difference-makers, and you'll want to take advantage.
I feel like I lost my nerve in that regard and wound up spreading my dollars between too many players -- which I always regret in the end. I did go all out for the top player at the weakest infield position, which is an obvious sort of difference-maker, but beyond Jose Ramirez at $47, I settled for too many second-tier players. And it turns out third base may have the best position to go second-tier. Austin Riley and newly minted Rockie Kris Bryant each went for $18. Anthony Rendon, a points league specialist, went for $6.
Nathan Judah's team isn't the only one I like. R.J. White showed an uncanny ability to identify who the cheapest player in each tier would be, which is even harder than it sounds given that so much is riding on the timing of each nomination. He wound up with two top-tier pitchers (Walker Buehler and Shane Bieber), two top-tier hitters (Bo Bichette and Kyle Tucker) and two additional players who most would classify as studs (Jose Altuve and Paul Goldschmidt). I also like the way Kayla Walz's team turned out even though she didn't go the stars-and-scrubs route. She's the one who forced me off Salvador Perez ($34).
Here are some other bids worth highlighting:
- Fernando Tatis, who will be out until at least mid-June following wrist surgery, went for $16.
- Jack Flaherty, who's seeking a second opinion on what could be a serious shoulder injury, went for $14
- Chris Sale, who could be out for a couple months with a stress fracture in his rib cage, went for $11.
- Some of my favorite values apart from those already mentioned include Jorge Polanco for $10, Brandon Lowe for $10, Tyler O'Neill for $8, Cody Bellinger for $6 and Willy Adames for $3. Each made me curse my decision to spend $23 on Cedric Mullins, a panic move brought about by me missing out on Perez. If you're not confident the player is a true difference-maker, as was the case with Mullins, you should never go full dollar for him. There will be bargains to come.
Here's who all took part:
- Raymond Atherton (@RaymondAtherton)
- B_Don, Razzball (@RazzBDon)
- Brant Chesser, Baseball HQ (@BrantChesser)
- Nathan Judah, Express & Star (@NathanJudah)
- Greg Lathrop, Triple Crown Fantasy Baseball (@roto_Greg)
- Nick Mimikos, Stack Attack podcast (@NMimi)
- Chris Mitchell, FantasyData (@CJMitch73)
- Phil Ponebshek, Patton & Company
- Chris Towers, CBS Sports (@CTowersCBS)
- Kayla Walz, former Podcast League participant
- R.J. White, CBS Sports (@rjwhite1)
- Scott White, CBS Sports (@CBSScottWhite)
POSITION BY POSITION | | | TEAM BY TEAM | |
CATCHER | | | RAYMOND ATHERTON | |
PLAYER | SALARY | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Salvador Perez, KC | 34 | | Bryce Harper, OF, PHI | 37 |
J.T. Realmuto, PHI | 23 | | Sandy Alcantara, SP, MIA | 36 |
Will Smith, LAD | 22 | | Manny Machado, 3B, SD | 31 |
Yasmani Grandal, CHW | 14 | | Justin Verlander, SP, HOU | 31 |
Daulton Varsho, ARI | 9 | | Luis Robert, OF, CHW | 26 |
Willson Contreras, CHC | 7 | | Josh Hader, RP, MIL | 19 |
Mitch Garver, TEX | 4 | | Austin Riley, 3B, ATL | 18 |
Keibert Ruiz, WAS | 3 | | Wander Franco, SS, TB | 18 |
Tyler Stephenson, CIN | 2 | | Max Muncy, 2B, LAD | 16 |
Joey Bart, SF | 1 | | Chris Sale, SP, BOS | 11 |
Elias Diaz, COL | 1 | | Jameson Taillon, SP, NYY | 4 |
Alejandro Kirk, TOR | 1 | | Lourdes Gurriel, OF, TOR | 3 |
FIRST BASE | | | Adalberto Mondesi, 3B, KC | 2 |
PLAYER | SALARY | | Spencer Torkelson, 1B, DET | 1 |
Vladimir Guerrero, TOR | 54 | | Dansby Swanson, SS, ATL | 1 |
Freddie Freeman, LAD | 38 | | Blake Treinen, RP, LAD | 1 |
Matt Olson, ATL | 35 | | Eric Lauer, SP, MIL | 1 |
Pete Alonso, NYM | 26 | | Matt Manning, SP, DET | 1 |
Paul Goldschmidt, STL | 19 | | Alejandro Kirk, C, TOR | 1 |
Rhys Hoskins, PHI | 16 | | Garrett Cooper, OF, MIA | 1 |
Jose Abreu, CHW | 13 | | Kyle Gibson, SP, PHI | 1 |
Joey Votto, CIN | 13 | | B_DON | |
Josh Bell, WAS | 8 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
C.J. Cron, COL | 5 | | Matt Olson, 1B, ATL | 35 |
Jared Walsh, LAA | 3 | | Aaron Nola, SP, PHI | 35 |
Anthony Rizzo, NYY | 3 | | Rafael Devers, 3B, BOS | 33 |
Ryan Mountcastle, BAL | 1 | | Luis Castillo, SP, CIN | 22 |
Ty France, SEA | 1 | | Alek Manoah, SP, TOR | 18 |
Yuli Gurriel, HOU | 1 | | Liam Hendriks, RP, CHW | 13 |
Spencer Torkelson, DET | 1 | | Raisel Iglesias, RP, LAA | 12 |
Luke Voit, NYY | 1 | | Jesse Winker, OF, SEA | 12 |
SECOND BASE | | | Tim Anderson, SS, CHW | 12 |
PLAYER | SALARY | | Shane Baz, SP, TB | 9 |
Trea Turner, LAD | 42 | | Franmil Reyes, DH, CLE | 9 |
Ozzie Albies, ATL | 31 | | Seiya Suzuki, OF, CHC | 9 |
Marcus Semien, TEX | 25 | | Pablo Lopez, SP, MIA | 9 |
Jose Altuve, HOU | 22 | | Jazz Chisholm, 2B, MIA | 6 |
Max Muncy, LAD | 16 | | Jonathan India, 2B, CIN | 6 |
Whit Merrifield, KC | 14 | | Kyle Hendricks, SP, CHC | 5 |
Brandon Lowe, TB | 10 | | Carlos Carrasco, SP, NYM | 5 |
Jorge Polanco, MIN | 10 | | Anthony Rizzo, 1B, NYY | 3 |
Javier Baez, DET | 7 | | Tyler Stephenson, C, CIN | 2 |
Jonathan India, CIN | 6 | | Craig Kimbrel, RP, CHW | 2 |
Jazz Chisholm, MIA | 6 | | Jordan Montgomery, SP, NYY | 2 |
Jake Cronenworth, SD | 6 | | BRANT CHESSER | |
DJ LeMahieu, NYY | 5 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Brendan Rodgers, COL | 4 | | Max Fried, SP, ATL | 32 |
Tommy Edman, STL | 3 | | Ozzie Albies, 2B, ATL | 31 |
Chris Taylor, LAD | 2 | | Joe Musgrove, SP, SD | 25 |
Kolten Wong, MIL | 1 | | Teoscar Hernandez, OF, TOR | 22 |
THIRD BASE | | | Trevor Rogers, SP, MIA | 22 |
PLAYER | SALARY | | Trevor Story, SS, FA | 18 |
Jose Ramirez, CLE | 47 | | Bryan Reynolds, OF, PIT | 16 |
Rafael Devers, BOS | 33 | | Rhys Hoskins, 1B, PHI | 16 |
Manny Machado, SD | 31 | | Shane McClanahan, SP, TB | 15 |
Alex Bregman, HOU | 19 | | Edwin Diaz, RP, NYM | 11 |
Austin Riley, ATL | 18 | | Jordan Romano, RP, TOR | 11 |
Kris Bryant, COL | 18 | | Jorge Polanco, 2B, MIN | 10 |
Nolan Arenado, STL | 16 | | Sonny Gray, SP, MIN | 7 |
Josh Donaldson, NYY | 9 | | Nathan Eovaldi, SP, BOS | 7 |
Anthony Rendon, LAA | 6 | | Michael Conforto, OF, NYM | 4 |
Matt Chapman, TOR | 6 | | Ryan McMahon, 3B, COL | 4 |
Ryan McMahon, COL | 4 | | Triston McKenzie, SP, CLE | 4 |
Justin Turner, LAD | 3 | | Tarik Skubal, SP, DET | 2 |
Adalberto Mondesi, KC | 2 | | Roansy Contreras, SP, PIT | 1 |
Yoan Moncada, CHW | 1 | | Elias Diaz, C, COL | 1 |
Ke'Bryan Hayes, PIT | 1 | | Alex Verdugo, OF, BOS | 1 |
Luis Urias, MIL | 1 | | NATHAN JUDAH | |
Eduardo Escobar, NYM | 1 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
SHORTSTOP | | | Vladimir Guerrero, 1B, TOR | 54 |
PLAYER | SALARY | | Juan Soto, OF, WAS | 53 |
Bo Bichette, TOR | 37 | | Brandon Woodruff, SP, MIL | 39 |
Xander Bogaerts, BOS | 23 | | Freddy Peralta, SP, MIL | 24 |
Francisco Lindor, NYM | 22 | | Logan Webb, SP, SF | 21 |
Corey Seager, TEX | 21 | | Carlos Correa, SS, FA | 15 |
Wander Franco, TB | 18 | | Giancarlo Stanton, OF, NYY | 12 |
Trevor Story, FA | 18 | | Framber Valdez, SP, HOU | 9 |
Fernando Tatis, SD | 16 | | Zack Greinke, SP, KC | 7 |
Carlos Correa, FA | 15 | | Anthony Rendon, 3B, LAA | 6 |
Tim Anderson, CHW | 12 | | Tony Gonsolin, SP, LAD | 4 |
Bobby Witt, KC | 8 | | Mitch Garver, C, TEX | 4 |
Willy Adames, MIL | 3 | | Hunter Renfroe, OF, MIL | 3 |
Oneil Cruz, PIT | 2 | | Charlie Blackmon, OF, COL | 2 |
Dansby Swanson, ATL | 1 | | Mark Melancon, RP, ARI | 1 |
Brandon Crawford, SF | 1 | | Eduardo Escobar, 3B, NYM | 1 |
Gleyber Torres, NYY | 1 | | Luke Voit, 1B, NYY | 1 |
OUTFIELD | | | Cristian Javier, RP, HOU | 1 |
PLAYER | SALARY | | Chris Paddack, SP, SD | 1 |
Juan Soto, WAS | 53 | | Ken Giles, RP, SEA | 1 |
Mike Trout, LAA | 41 | | Nate Pearson, RP, TOR | 1 |
Bryce Harper, PHI | 37 | | GREG LATHROP | |
Mookie Betts, LAD | 36 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Yordan Alvarez, HOU | 36 | | Gerrit Cole, SP, NYY | 50 |
Kyle Tucker, HOU | 34 | | Jacob deGrom, SP, NYM | 45 |
Ronald Acuna, ATL | 28 | | Ronald Acuna, OF, ATL | 28 |
Luis Robert, CHW | 26 | | Alex Bregman, 3B, HOU | 19 |
Aaron Judge, NYY | 26 | | Yu Darvish, SP, SD | 16 |
George Springer, TOR | 26 | | Nick Castellanos, OF, FA | 15 |
Cedric Mullins, BAL | 23 | | Yasmani Grandal, C, CHW | 14 |
Teoscar Hernandez, TOR | 22 | | Luis Severino, RP, NYY | 13 |
Starling Marte, NYM | 18 | | Jose Abreu, 1B, CHW | 13 |
Byron Buxton, MIN | 18 | | Eduardo Rodriguez, SP, DET | 10 |
Ketel Marte, ARI | 18 | | Luis Garcia, SP, HOU | 6 |
Bryan Reynolds, PIT | 16 | | Jake Cronenworth, 2B, SD | 6 |
Eloy Jimenez, CHW | 16 | | Kenley Jansen, RP, FA | 5 |
Nick Castellanos, FA | 15 | | Zac Gallen, SP, ARI | 5 |
Kyle Schwarber, PHI | 15 | | Jorge Soler, OF, ATL | 4 |
J.D. Martinez, BOS | 14 | | Jared Walsh, 1B, LAA | 3 |
Randy Arozarena, TB | 13 | | Willy Adames, SS, MIL | 3 |
Giancarlo Stanton, NYY | 12 | | Yusei Kikuchi, SP, TOR | 2 |
Jesse Winker, SEA | 12 | | Kolten Wong, 2B, MIL | 1 |
Mitch Haniger, SEA | 11 | | Michael Pineda, SP, FA | 1 |
Seiya Suzuki, CHC | 9 | | Ian Happ, OF, CHC | 1 |
Joey Gallo, NYY | 9 | | NICK MIMIKOS | |
Christian Yelich, MIL | 8 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Tyler O'Neill, STL | 8 | | Corbin Burnes, SP, MIL | 48 |
Cody Bellinger, LAD | 6 | | Trea Turner, 2B, LAD | 42 |
Austin Meadows, TB | 4 | | Julio Urias, SP, LAD | 37 |
Jorge Soler, ATL | 4 | | Aaron Judge, OF, NYY | 26 |
Trent Grisham, SD | 4 | | Pete Alonso, 1B, NYM | 26 |
Michael Conforto, NYM | 4 | | Eloy Jimenez, OF, CHW | 16 |
Marcell Ozuna, ATL | 3 | | Ryan Pressly, RP, HOU | 13 |
Lourdes Gurriel, TOR | 3 | | Sean Manaea, SP, OAK | 10 |
Hunter Renfroe, MIL | 3 | | Aaron Ashby, RP, MIL | 7 |
Jo Adell, LAA | 3 | | Aroldis Chapman, RP, NYY | 6 |
Jarred Kelenic, SEA | 2 | | John Means, SP, BAL | 6 |
Charlie Blackmon, COL | 2 | | DJ LeMahieu, 2B, NYY | 5 |
Riley Greene, DET | 2 | | Tommy Edman, 2B, STL | 3 |
Alex Kirilloff, MIN | 1 | | Jo Adell, OF, LAA | 3 |
Alex Verdugo, BOS | 1 | | Jose Urquidy, SP, HOU | 3 |
Dylan Carlson, STL | 1 | | Keibert Ruiz, C, WAS | 3 |
Ian Happ, CHC | 1 | | Riley Greene, OF, DET | 2 |
Adolis Garcia, TEX | 1 | | Yoan Moncada, 3B, CHW | 1 |
Akil Baddoo, DET | 1 | | Casey Mize, SP, DET | 1 |
Julio Rodriguez, SEA | 1 | | Akil Baddoo, OF, DET | 1 |
Garrett Cooper, MIA | 1 | | Hunter Greene, SP, CIN | 1 |
DESIGNATED HITTER | | | CHRIS MITCHELL | |
PLAYER | SALARY | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Shohei Ohtani, LAA | 33 | | Shohei Ohtani, DH, LAA | 33 |
Nelson Cruz, WAS | 9 | | Jose Berrios, SP, TOR | 32 |
Franmil Reyes, CLE | 9 | | Marcus Semien, 2B, TEX | 25 |
STARTING PITCHER | | | Francisco Lindor, SS, NYM | 22 |
PLAYER | SALARY | | Dylan Cease, SP, CHW | 20 |
Gerrit Cole, NYY | 50 | | Kris Bryant, 3B, COL | 18 |
Corbin Burnes, MIL | 48 | | Starling Marte, OF, NYM | 18 |
Max Scherzer, NYM | 48 | | Blake Snell, SP, SD | 15 |
Jacob deGrom, NYM | 45 | | Randy Arozarena, OF, TB | 13 |
Walker Buehler, LAD | 44 | | Michael Kopech, RP, CHW | 10 |
Shane Bieber, CLE | 40 | | Daulton Varsho, C, ARI | 9 |
Brandon Woodruff, MIL | 39 | | Chris Bassitt, SP, NYM | 9 |
Julio Urias, LAD | 37 | | Javier Baez, 2B, DET | 7 |
Sandy Alcantara, MIA | 36 | | Cal Quantrill, SP, CLE | 6 |
Robbie Ray, SEA | 35 | | Andrew Heaney, SP, LAD | 5 |
Aaron Nola, PHI | 35 | | Marcus Stroman, SP, CHC | 5 |
Lucas Giolito, CHW | 33 | | Jon Gray, SP, TEX | 4 |
Kevin Gausman, TOR | 32 | | Brendan Rodgers, 2B, COL | 4 |
Jose Berrios, TOR | 32 | | Justin Turner, 3B, LAD | 3 |
Max Fried, ATL | 32 | | Julio Rodriguez, OF, SEA | 1 |
Justin Verlander, HOU | 31 | | Adolis Garcia, OF, TEX | 1 |
Charlie Morton, ATL | 30 | | PHIL PONEBSHEK | |
Zack Wheeler, PHI | 29 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Lance Lynn, CHW | 28 | | Max Scherzer, SP, NYM | 48 |
Frankie Montas, OAK | 28 | | Yordan Alvarez, OF, HOU | 36 |
Joe Musgrove, SD | 25 | | J.T. Realmuto, C, PHI | 23 |
Freddy Peralta, MIL | 24 | | Byron Buxton, OF, MIN | 18 |
Carlos Rodon, SF | 24 | | Fernando Tatis, SS, SD | 16 |
Luis Castillo, CIN | 22 | | Clayton Kershaw, SP, LAD | 16 |
Trevor Rogers, MIA | 22 | | Kyle Schwarber, OF, PHI | 15 |
Logan Webb, SF | 21 | | Adam Wainwright, SP, STL | 13 |
Dylan Cease, CHW | 20 | | Trevor Bauer, SP, LAD | 10 |
Alek Manoah, TOR | 18 | | Mike Clevinger, SP, SD | 10 |
Yu Darvish, SD | 16 | | Brandon Lowe, 2B, TB | 10 |
Clayton Kershaw, LAD | 16 | | Emmanuel Clase, RP, CLE | 8 |
Blake Snell, SD | 15 | | Ian Anderson, SP, ATL | 7 |
Shane McClanahan, TB | 15 | | Matt Chapman, 3B, TOR | 6 |
Jack Flaherty, STL | 14 | | Hyun-Jin Ryu, SP, TOR | 6 |
Adam Wainwright, STL | 13 | | Cody Bellinger, OF, LAD | 6 |
Chris Sale, BOS | 11 | | Steven Matz, SP, STL | 4 |
Sean Manaea, OAK | 10 | | Austin Meadows, OF, TB | 4 |
Eduardo Rodriguez, DET | 10 | | David Bednar, RP, PIT | 2 |
Mike Clevinger, SD | 10 | | Gleyber Torres, SS, NYY | 1 |
Trevor Bauer, LAD | 10 | | Corey Kluber, SP, TB | 1 |
Pablo Lopez, MIA | 9 | | CHRIS TOWERS | |
Shane Baz, TB | 9 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Chris Bassitt, NYM | 9 | | Mike Trout, OF, LAA | 41 |
Framber Valdez, HOU | 9 | | Freddie Freeman, 1B, LAD | 38 |
Tyler Mahle, CIN | 8 | | Mookie Betts, OF, LAD | 36 |
Ian Anderson, ATL | 7 | | Kevin Gausman, SP, TOR | 32 |
Nathan Eovaldi, BOS | 7 | | Carlos Rodon, SP, SF | 24 |
Patrick Sandoval, LAA | 7 | | Will Smith, C, LAD | 22 |
Logan Gilbert, SEA | 7 | | Corey Seager, SS, TEX | 21 |
Sonny Gray, MIN | 7 | | Whit Merrifield, 2B, KC | 14 |
Zack Greinke, KC | 7 | | Patrick Sandoval, SP, LAA | 7 |
Luis Garcia, HOU | 6 | | Alex Cobb, SP, SF | 5 |
Cal Quantrill, CLE | 6 | | Joe Ryan, SP, MIN | 4 |
John Means, BAL | 6 | | Jesus Luzardo, SP, MIA | 3 |
Hyun-Jin Ryu, TOR | 6 | | Luis Patino, SP, TB | 2 |
Zac Gallen, ARI | 5 | | Reid Detmers, SP, LAA | 2 |
Marcus Stroman, CHC | 5 | | Oneil Cruz, SS, PIT | 2 |
Alex Cobb, SF | 5 | | Corey Knebel, RP, PHI | 2 |
Carlos Carrasco, NYM | 5 | | Alex Kirilloff, OF, MIN | 1 |
Kyle Hendricks, CHC | 5 | | Yuli Gurriel, 1B, HOU | 1 |
Andrew Heaney, LAD | 5 | | Zach Plesac, SP, CLE | 1 |
Noah Syndergaard, LAA | 4 | | Mitch Keller, SP, PIT | 1 |
Anthony DeSclafani, SF | 4 | | Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B, PIT | 1 |
Alex Wood, SF | 4 | | KAYLA WALZ | |
Tony Gonsolin, LAD | 4 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Jon Gray, TEX | 4 | | Robbie Ray, SP, SEA | 35 |
Joe Ryan, MIN | 4 | | Salvador Perez, C, KC | 34 |
Triston McKenzie, CLE | 4 | | Lucas Giolito, SP, CHW | 33 |
Tanner Houck, BOS | 4 | | George Springer, OF, TOR | 26 |
Steven Matz, STL | 4 | | Ketel Marte, OF, ARI | 18 |
Jameson Taillon, NYY | 4 | | Nolan Arenado, 3B, STL | 16 |
Jose Urquidy, HOU | 3 | | Jack Flaherty, SP, STL | 14 |
Aaron Civale, CLE | 3 | | Ranger Suarez, RP, PHI | 13 |
German Marquez, COL | 3 | | Joey Votto, 1B, CIN | 13 |
Jesus Luzardo, MIA | 3 | | Mitch Haniger, OF, SEA | 11 |
Jordan Montgomery, NYY | 2 | | Nelson Cruz, DH, WAS | 9 |
Reid Detmers, LAA | 2 | | Bobby Witt, SS, KC | 8 |
Yusei Kikuchi, TOR | 2 | | Logan Gilbert, SP, SEA | 7 |
Tarik Skubal, DET | 2 | | Will Smith, RP, ATL | 6 |
Luis Patino, TB | 2 | | Tanner Houck, SP, BOS | 4 |
Nestor Cortes, NYY | 2 | | Aaron Civale, SP, CLE | 3 |
Lance McCullers, HOU | 1 | | Marcell Ozuna, OF, ATL | 3 |
Josiah Gray, WAS | 1 | | Jarred Kelenic, OF, SEA | 2 |
Stephen Strasburg, WAS | 1 | | Marco Gonzales, SP, SEA | 1 |
Chris Paddack, SD | 1 | | Brandon Crawford, SS, SF | 1 |
Kyle Gibson, PHI | 1 | | George Kirby, SP, SEA | 1 |
Marco Gonzales, SEA | 1 | | R.J. WHITE | |
Bailey Ober, MIN | 1 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Casey Mize, DET | 1 | | Walker Buehler, SP, LAD | 44 |
Corey Kluber, TB | 1 | | Shane Bieber, SP, CLE | 40 |
Michael Pineda, FA | 1 | | Bo Bichette, SS, TOR | 37 |
Zach Plesac, CLE | 1 | | Kyle Tucker, OF, HOU | 34 |
Matt Manning, DET | 1 | | Jose Altuve, 2B, HOU | 22 |
Eric Lauer, MIL | 1 | | Paul Goldschmidt, 1B, STL | 19 |
Roansy Contreras, PIT | 1 | | Josh Donaldson, 3B, NYY | 9 |
Mitch Keller, PIT | 1 | | Joey Gallo, OF, NYY | 9 |
George Kirby, SEA | 1 | | Tyler Mahle, SP, CIN | 8 |
Hunter Greene, CIN | 1 | | Tyler O'Neill, OF, STL | 8 |
RELIEF PITCHER | | | Willson Contreras, C, CHC | 7 |
PLAYER | SALARY | | Trent Grisham, OF, SD | 4 |
Josh Hader, MIL | 19 | | Noah Syndergaard, SP, LAA | 4 |
Liam Hendriks, CHW | 13 | | Alex Wood, SP, SF | 4 |
Ryan Pressly, HOU | 13 | | Giovanny Gallegos, RP, STL | 3 |
Ranger Suarez, PHI | 13 | | Camilo Doval, RP, SF | 2 |
Luis Severino, NYY | 13 | | Nestor Cortes, SP, NYY | 2 |
Raisel Iglesias, LAA | 12 | | Josiah Gray, SP, WAS | 1 |
Edwin Diaz, NYM | 11 | | Luis Urias, 3B, MIL | 1 |
Jordan Romano, TOR | 11 | | Ryan Mountcastle, 1B, BAL | 1 |
Michael Kopech, CHW | 10 | | Stephen Strasburg, SP, WAS | 1 |
Emmanuel Clase, CLE | 8 | | SCOTT WHITE | |
Aaron Ashby, MIL | 7 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Aroldis Chapman, NYY | 6 | | Jose Ramirez, 3B, CLE | 47 |
Will Smith, ATL | 6 | | Charlie Morton, SP, ATL | 30 |
Kenley Jansen, FA | 5 | | Zack Wheeler, SP, PHI | 29 |
Giovanny Gallegos, STL | 3 | | Lance Lynn, SP, CHW | 28 |
Corey Knebel, PHI | 2 | | Frankie Montas, SP, OAK | 28 |
Camilo Doval, SF | 2 | | Xander Bogaerts, SS, BOS | 23 |
Craig Kimbrel, CHW | 2 | | Cedric Mullins, OF, BAL | 23 |
David Bednar, PIT | 2 | | J.D. Martinez, OF, BOS | 14 |
Blake Treinen, LAD | 1 | | Christian Yelich, OF, MIL | 8 |
Mark Melancon, ARI | 1 | | Josh Bell, 1B, WAS | 8 |
Scott Barlow, KC | 1 | | C.J. Cron, 1B, COL | 5 |
Dylan Floro, MIA | 1 | | Anthony DeSclafani, SP, SF | 4 |
Ken Giles, SEA | 1 | | German Marquez, SP, COL | 3 |
Nate Pearson, TOR | 1 | | Chris Taylor, 2B, LAD | 2 |
Cristian Javier, HOU | 1 | | Dylan Carlson, OF, STL | 1 |
| | | | Dylan Floro, RP, MIA | 1 |
| | | | Lance McCullers, SP, HOU | 1 |
| | | | Joey Bart, C, SF | 1 |
| | | | Scott Barlow, RP, KC | 1 |
| | | | Ty France, 1B, SEA | 1 |
| | | | Bailey Ober, SP, MIN | 1 |
